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Hey guys, thank you for the responses, been extremely busy here and of course I have rearranged since the last post. I am going to add more detail to some things I have done (I am going to copy cat as he did a great job on his) and as always looking for input on better ideas, recently Bob and Arutha gave suggestions and it is working out great. thanks all and have a fantabulous day
, WilliamO.k. here is the cleaning section, wanted to show the dryer box in particular. A simple box made out of 3/4″ melamine, a 1/4″ dado set in on the front edge to allow for a sliding door, I would imagine a hinged door would work just fine but I didnt want to take up too much space, (when I started I was in a 9×10 room in the basement). A hole cut in the top and another piece so as to sandwich a heavy fabric between them, hose clamp a hairdryer to the fabric and WHALLAH. I added some 3/4 x 3/4 “rails” with the dado to hold the baskets off the bottom, for venting I cut 3 slots in each side simply by raising the table saw blade thru the side piece, the finger hole also acts as a vent. The smaller baskets are sink strainers from the local hardware store. In another post about keeping things organized for easier reassembly I use these smaller baskets for that purpose also, (each train in its own basket throughout the cleaning process) the larger baskets hold bigger items off the bottom for drying. William
Are you making me one for Christmas?
Looking good my friend. I am using the “gritter cob” medium for drying my movements. My water is not that good quality, if I just dry my movements in a box it leaves water stains so I like an absorbent media instead. Whatever works is good
Howdy Yall, here are some pictures of how I have my watchmakers lathes set up. Mostly I wanted to show the microscope. I have a difficult time using a loupe while using the lathe. When I bashed my 2 front teeth into the lathe 🙄 I decided there has to be another way. Previously I had rigged the amscope over the lathe but it did not give me all the room I wanted, many times I would want it out of the way so it was kind of a process, they do make the amscope with the larger booms, I was leaning towards getting one when I found this vintage inspection microscope, I drove 4 hours one way figuring if I left at 1 am I would be back by 9am to get back to work, well…..anyway, what I like the most is that it gives me lots of room to roam under the binoculars, also being a large enough boom I can swing it over several lathes. I liked it so much I patiently kept looking for another and WHALLA 😯 , I use this one for inspection, hairspring adjusting, oiling ect…ect…Thru sellers willing to negotiate I purchased each one for $150.00 I hope Paul sends me a Christmas bonus this year
. the table is not complete as I am still figuring out how I want things exactly but it very functional so far. have a fantabulous day, William
I need some clock case parts so I will bring over what I need you to make. The same works for you William, if you want to pop over the pond you can take the crate of tools and lathes with you and I wont have to post them. You have an amazing workshop and I am quite jealous
Well, here is the new addition to the shop
. The recent purchase of the mill and also his lathe with all the tooling has jumped me forward in my plans by 1-2 years. Just need a dividing head and I should be all set, dont tell my wife though, I think she is patiently waiting for it to stop. 🙄
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